If I were to downgrade my laptop from Vista to XP, how do I make a copy or back my currect vista &am

I want to downgrade my laptop's OS, which is Vista home edition, to XP.

I have had my laptop since May 28ish of this year.

If I were to downgrade my laptop from Vista to XP, how do I make a copy or back my currect vista %26 software?noton

your computer/laptop system usually has a backup feature that will either store vista on the hard drive or tell you to burn it onto a disk, but no problem in that, just don't loose the the disk

If I were to downgrade my laptop from Vista to XP, how do I make a copy or back my currect vista %26 software?stinger

Downgrading is for wimps.